Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



110,724,407, PATENTBD MAR. 31, 1903. 11. B. FINGH.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 24, 1902.

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f Umrn STATE PATENT ROBERT BROOKS FINOH, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO EDWIN T. JONES, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

NOSE-GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,407, dated March31, 1903.

Application filed July 24,1902. Serial No. 116,772. (Nomodclfi To allwhom it may concern: pupilary distance and lower the lens. Fig.

Beit known that 1, ROBERT BROOKS FINGH, is an inside view of thenose-guard, showa citizen of the United States of America,reing the loopbent 'topiace the lens in a siding at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe.slightly-ofiset position. Fig. 6 is a similar 5 and State of Colorado,have invented cerview showing the loop bent to place the lens tain newand useful Improvements in Nosein an extreme olfset position. Fig. 7shows Guards for Eyeglasses; and I do declare the the lens slightlyinset by bending the loop following to be a full, clear, and exact deina direction opposite that shown in Figs. scription of the invention,such as will en- 5 and 6. Fig. 8 shows the lens in a pan- IO able othersskilled in the art to which it aptoscopic or reading position, resultingfrom pertains to make and use the same, reference bending the loop ofthe guard. being had to the accompanying drawings, and The samereference characters indicate the to the figures of reference markedthereon, same parts in all the views. which form a part of thisspecification. Let the numeral 5 designate thenose-guard i5 My inventionrelates to improvements in asawhole; 6,thespring-bridge; 7,themountnose-guards for eyeglasses, my object being ing to which thelens 8 is attached. The to provide a guard capable of a great varietynose-guard and spring-bridge are attached to of' adjustments, wherebythe pupilary disthe mounting bya screw 9. tance'andother positions ofthe lenses may From an inspection of the drawings and 7o 20 be regulatedat will, thus obviating the nefrom what has already been stated it willbe cessity of constructing different patterns of understood that myimprovement consists of nose-guards to meet the requirements of difthebend or loop 5, formed in the guard. ferent individuals. This isaccomplished by This guard, as shown in the drawings, conforming a loopor bend in the nose-guard adsists of an arm 5, having a bearing-tipengag- 25 jacent the lens-holder or the extremity of the ing the upperpart of the nose between the bridge, thus permitting almost unlimitedadeyes of the wearer, and arm 5 engaging the justment for pupilarydistance and allowing nose below the bearing-tip of the arm 5, and thelenses to be inset and offset and raised the loop part or bent arm 5,whose upper exand lowered at will by the manipulation of trernity isattached to the holder, as hereto- 0 the loop. fore explained. This loopvirtually forms an The term inset as here used means the extension ofthe arm 5, and by virtue of its adjustment of the loop, whereby the lensis peculiar shape permits the various adjustbrought nearer to the eye,while the term ments shown in the drawings and heretofore offset meansthe adjustment whereby the explained. Hence it is believed that its ad-35 lens is removed farther from the eye. There vantages will be readilyunderstood without is also the pantoscopic adjustment, whereby furtherexplanation in detail.

the inclination of the lenses may be regu- Having thus described myinvention, what lated as desired. I claim is- The invention will now bedescribed in de- 1. The combination with a lens-holder, of 0 o tail,reference being made to the accompanya nose-guard composed of distinctupper and ing drawings, in which is illustrated an emlower nose-engagingparts, and a rigid vertibodiment thereof. cal loop intermediate the twobearing parts In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of and occupyinga position at right angles to a pair of eyeglasses equipped with myimthe plane of said bearing parts, the said loop 5' 45 provednose-guard, the loop of the guard conbeing adapted to be bent to permitan inset stituting my improvement being in the noror ofiset adjustment,a vertical and horizonmal position. Fig. 2 shows the guard with taladjustment and also a pantoscopic adthe loopadjusted to widen orincrease the justment of the lens. pupilary distance. Fig. 3 shows theloop 2. The combination with a lens-holder, of I00 50 bent to raise thelens. Fig. 4 is a similar a nose-guard composed of upper and lower viewshowing the loop bent to widen the separated parts occupying the same orapproximately the same plane, and a rigid vertical 100p projecting fromthe guard intermediate the bearing parts and'occnp'ying a plane at anangle to the plane of said parts, the said loop being adapted to be bentto permit a number of diiferentadjnstments, substantially' as described.

3. The combination with a lens-holder, of a nose-guard composed of twodistinct upper and lower nose-engaging parts lying in the same orapproximately the same plane, and a rigid loop forming'an, extension ofthe lower part and extending at an angle to the plane of thenose-engaginglparts, the said loop being connected with the lens-holder.

4. The combination with a lens-holder, of a nose-guard consisting of twoparts, the upper part consisting of an arm projecting inward ly from theupper extremity of the lower part and terminating in a bearing-tip, the

ROBERT BROOKS FINOH.

Witnesses DENA NELSON, A. J. OBRIEN.

